2015 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament

2015 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
2015 Hockey East Men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 6–21, 2015
Teams	12
Finals site	TD Garden; Boston
Champions	Boston University (8th title)
Winning coach	David Quinn (1st title)
MVP	Jack Eichel (BU)
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The 2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 6 and March 21, 2015, at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston University Terriers defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks by a score of 5–3 to earn their 8th Hockey East championship in school history and earn Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Jack Eichel was named tournament MVP.

The tournament is the 31st in league history.

Format

With the addition of the UConn Huskies to Hockey East, the tournament was reformatted to include all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1–4 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 5–12 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden.

Regular season standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2014–15 Hockey East men's standings v t e
	Conference record							Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Boston University †*	22	14	5	3	31	88	55	41	28	8	5	158	95
#1 Providence	22	13	8	1	27	61	37	41	26	13	2	123	84
#13 Boston College	22	12	7	3	27	60	50	38	21	14	3	107	91
#17 Massachusetts–Lowell	22	11	7	4	26	70	52	39	21	12	6	134	101
Notre Dame	22	10	7	5	25	64	54	42	18	19	5	126	116
Northeastern	22	11	9	2	24	70	69	36	16	16	4	107	107
Vermont	22	10	9	3	23	62	53	41	22	15	4	110	91
New Hampshire	22	10	11	1	21	66	68	40	19	19	2	119	109
Connecticut	22	7	11	4	18	42	74	36	10	19	7	66	111
Maine	22	8	12	2	18	64	74	39	14	22	3	108	127
Merrimack	22	5	14	3	13	38	56	38	16	18	4	81	93
Massachusetts	22	5	16	1	11	59	102	36	11	23	2	99	152
Championship: March 21, 2015 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 9, 2015

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals

Opening Round^[1] March 6–8					Quarterfinals March 13–15					Semifinals March 20			Championship March 21

					1	Boston University	6	5	–
5	Notre Dame	3	5	7	11	Merrimack	2	0	–
12	Massachusetts	4*****	3	0						1	Boston University	4
										8	New Hampshire	1
					2	Providence	1	2	1
6	Northeastern	2	1	–	8	New Hampshire	2*	1	2*
11	Merrimack	3*	2**	–									1	Boston University	5
													4	Massachusetts–Lowell	3
					3	Boston College	4	1	0
7	Vermont	4	2	3*	7	Vermont	2	3	1
10	Maine	2	4	2						4	Massachusetts–Lowell	4
										7	Vermont	1
					4	Massachusetts–Lowell	5	2	6
8	New Hampshire	5	2	–	5	Notre Dame	0	4	4
9	Connecticut	2	0	–

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

Results

Opening Round

(5) Notre Dame vs. (12) Massachusetts

March 6	Notre Dame		3 - 4	5OT	Massachusetts	Compton Family Ice Arena	Recap
(Evans, Russo) Sam Herr - 09:39		First period			No scoring
(Russo) Vinnie Hinostroza - 09:19 (Russo, Bjork) Steven Fogarty - PP - 14:24		Second period			11:42 - PP - Steven Iacobellis (Montour, Lee) 15:39 - Steven Iacobellis (Walsh, Pigozzi) 19:58 - PP - Troy Power (Vatrano, Montour)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Fifth overtime period			11:42 - GW - Shane Walsh (Kravchenko, Montour)
( 87 saves / 91 shots ) Cal Petersen		Goalie stats			Steve Mastalerz ( 75 saves / 78 shots )

March 7	Notre Dame		5 - 3	Massachusetts	Compton Family Ice Arena	Recap
(Ripley, Ryan) Mario Lucia - 03:09		First period		10:07 - Frank Vatrano (Montour, Kravchenko)
(Di Pauli, Russo) Peter Schneider - 11:51		Second period		03:41 - Shane Walsh (Pigozzi, Iacobellis)
(Di Pauli, Russo) Vinnie Hinostroza - PP - 01:02 (Lucia, Bjork) Vinnie Hinostroza - GW - 04:00 (Di Pauli, Schneider) Steven Fogarty - 04:38		Third period		16:15 - SH - Riley McDougall (Kravchenko)
( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Cal Petersen		Goalie stats		Steve Mastalerz ( 16 saves / 21 shots ) / Henry Dill ( 7 saves / 7 shots )

March 8	Notre Dame		7 - 0	Massachusetts	Compton Family Ice Arena	Recap
(Schneider, Ryan) Thomas Di Pauli - GW - 00:48		First period		No scoring
(Schneider, Ryan) Thomas Di Pauli - 06:42 (unassisted) Steven Fogarty - 11:04 (Wade, Russo) Connor Hurley - 11:18 (Hinostroza, Lucia) Luke Ripley - 18:47 (Gross, Hinostroza) Robbie Russo - PP - 19:08		Second period		No scoring
(Schneider, Fogarty) Austin Wuthrich - 08:05		Third period		No scoring
( 23 saves / 23 shots ) Cal Petersen		Goalie stats		Steve Mastalerz ( 16 saves / 18 shots ) / Henry Dill ( 9 saves / 14 shots )

Notre Dame won series 2–1

(6) Northeastern vs. (11) Merrimack

March 6	Northeastern		2 - 3	OT	Merrimack	Matthews Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			13:48 - Justin Hussar (Biega, Hennig)
No scoring		Second period			18:10 - Jace Hennig (Lashyn, Tibbet)
(Szmatula, Benning) Zach Aston-Reese - 04:07 (Roy, Benning) Mike McMurtry - PP - 09:46		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			02:24 - GW SH - Jace Hennig (Lashyn, Tibbet)
( 26 saves / 29 shots ) Clay Witt		Goalie stats			Rasmus Tirronen ( 36 saves / 38 shots )

March 7	Northeastern		1 - 2	2OT	Merrimack	Matthews Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
(Stevens, Snydeman) Zach Aston-Reese - PP - 12:19		Second period			16:32 - PP - Jace Hennig (Biega, Kolomatis)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			15:42 - GW PP - Mathieu Tibbet (Hennig, Biega)
( 47 saves / 49 shots ) Clay Witt		Goalie stats			Rasmus Tirronen ( 63 saves / 64 shots )

Merrimack won series 2–0

(7) Vermont vs. (10) Maine

March 6	Vermont		4 - 2	Maine	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
No Scoring		First period		12:42 - Jake Rutt (Brown, Byron)
(Fallon, Bradley) Alexx Privitera - PP - 18:41		Second period		No scoring
(Paliotta, Petruzzelli) Jarrid Privitera - 09:40 (Shaw, Fallon) Brendan Bradley - GW - 17:53 (Bradley, A. Privitera) Brady Shaw - EN - 18:27		Third period		06:55 - PP - Will Merchant (Vesey, Hutton)
( 23 saves / 25 shots ) Mike Santaguida		Goalie stats		Matt Morris ( 26 saves / 29 shots )

March 7	Vermont		2 - 4	Maine	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
(Paliotta, Luukko) Colin Markison - 07:46		First period		00:55 - Cédric Lacroix (Swavely, Rutt)
(Shaw, A. Privitera) Brendan Bradley - 08:51		Second period		00:36 - Connor Leen (Brown, Byron) 16:16 - GW - Connor Leen (Byron, Norman)
No scoring		Third period		11:41 - Brian Morgan (Lacroix, Swavely)
( 24 saves / 28 shots ) Mike Santaguida		Goalie stats		Sean Romeo ( 21 saves / 23 shots )

March 8	Vermont		3 - 2	OT	Maine	Gutterson Fieldhouse	Recap
(Bradley, Paliotta) Brady Shaw - PP - 11:25		First period			No scoring
(Markison, Paliotta) Kevin Irwin - 08:51		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			02:05 - Ben Hutton (Renouf, Vesey) 15:19 - Devin Shore (Swavely, Merchant)
(Petruzzelli, Luukko) Jonathan Turk - 16:05		First overtime period			No scoring
( 37 saves / 39 shots ) Mike Santaguida		Goalie stats			Sean Romeo ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

Vermont won series 2–1

(8) New Hampshire vs. (9) Connecticut

March 6	New Hampshire		5 - 2	Connecticut	Whittemore Center	Recap
(Correale, Pesce) Tyler Kelleher - 04:38 (Willows, Thrush) Grayson Downing - PP - 05:48		First period		No scoring
(Downing, Pesce) Matt Willows - GW PP - 08:12 (Correale, Marks) Tyler Kelleher - PP - 08:32		Second period		13:32 - Spencer Naas (Pauly, Norris)
(Cleland) Grayson Downing - EN - 19:15		Third period		09:39 - Joey Ferriss (Sharib, Tyson)
( 20 saves / 22 shots ) Daniel Tirone		Goalie stats		Rob Nichols ( 28 saves / 32 shots )

March 7	New Hampshire		2 - 0	Connecticut	Whittemore Center	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
(Hill, Quast) Kyle Smith - GW - 11:02 (Willows) Grayson Downing - 19:13		Third period		No scoring
( 19 saves / 19 shots ) Daniel Tirone		Goalie stats		Rob Nichols ( 42 saves / 44 shots )

New Hampshire won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

(1) Boston University vs. (11) Merrimack

March 13	Boston University		6 - 2	Merrimack	Agganis Arena	Recap
(Fortunato, Hickey) Robbie Baillargeon - PP - 09:44		First period		08:11 - Jace Hennig (Scotti)
(Rodrigues, Eichel) Danny O'Regan - 07:23 (Rodrigues) Jack Eichel - GW - 14:11 (Grzelcyk, Diffley) Evan Rodrigues - 17:35 (Diffley, Baillargeon) Matt Lane - 18:49		Second period		No scoring
(Rodrigues, Oksanen) Jack Eichel - 09:23		Third period		10:20 - Jace Hennig (unassisted)
( 17 saves / 19 shots ) Matt O'Connor		Goalie stats		Rasmus Tirronen ( 40 saves / 46 shots )

March 14	Boston University		5 - 0	Merrimack	Agganis Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Eichel, O'Connor) Cason Hohmann - GW SH - 04:11 (Rodrigues, O'Regan) Ahti Oksanen - PP - 05:42 (Fortunato, Eichel) Danny O'Regan - PP - 17:40		Second period		No scoring
(Eichel) Matt Grzelcyk - SH EN - 15:39 (Diffley) Cason Hohmann - SH EN - 19:35		Third period		No scoring
( 26 saves / 26 shots ) Matt O'Connor / ( 1 saves / 1 shots ) Anthony Moccia		Goalie stats		Rasmus Tirronen ( 50 saves / 53 shots )

Boston University won series 2–0

(2) Providence vs. (8) New Hampshire

March 13	Providence		1 - 2	OT	New Hampshire	Schneider Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
(Florentino, Parisi) Steven McParland - 10:23		Third period			18:17 - PP - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski, Cleland)
No scoring		First overtime period			05:18 - GW - Grayson Downing (Willows, Thrush)
( 27 saves / 29 shots ) Jon Gillies		Goalie stats			Daniel Tirone ( 30 saves / 33 shots )

March 14	Providence		2 - 1	New Hampshire	Schneider Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
(Saracino, Gilmour) Mark Jankowski - PP - 01:58 (Mauermann, Mingoia) John Gilmour - GW PP - 03:17		Second period		05:53 - EA - Grayson Downing (Kelleher, Willows)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 35 saves / 36 shots ) Jon Gillies		Goalie stats		Daniel Tirone ( 30 saves / 32 shots )

March 15	Providence		1 - 2	OT	New Hampshire	Schneider Arena	Recap
No Scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			07:06 - Grayson Downing (Eiserman, Foegele)
(Acciari, Tanev) Nick Saracino - 01:20		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			12:43 - GW - Jay Camper (Pesce, Eiserman)
( 26 saves / 28 shots ) Jon Gillies		Goalie stats			Daniel Tirone ( 30 saves / 31 shots )

New Hampshire won series 2–1

(3) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont

March 13	Boston College		4 - 2	Vermont	Conte Forum	Recap
(Matheson, Cangelosi) Noah Hanifin - 09:38		First period		No scoring
(unassisted) Zach Sanford - 01:15 (Hanifin, Matheson) Zach Sanford - GW - 03:20 (Matheson, Doherty) Ryan Fitzgerald - GW - 04:08		Second period		04:58 - Brady Shaw (A. Privitera) 08:07 - Brendan Bradley (Pattyn, Fallon)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 32 saves / 34 shots ) Thatcher Demko		Goalie stats		Mike Santaguida ( 17 saves / 21 shots ) / Brody Hoffman ( 12 saves / 12 shots )

March 14	Boston College		1 - 3	Vermont	Conte Forum	Recap
No Scoring		First period		08:54 - PP - Brady Shaw (Bradley, A. Privitera) 16:36 - GW PP - Brady Shaw (Paliotta, Fallon)
(Matheson) Ryan Fitzgerald - PP - 14:14		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		18:39 - EN - Brendan Bradley (Shaw, Pattyn)
( 22 saves / 24 shots ) Thatcher Demko		Goalie stats		Brody Hoffman ( 39 saves / 40 shots )

March 15	Boston College		0 - 1	Vermont	Conte Forum	Recap
No Scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		02:53 - GW - Jarrid Privitera (A. Privitera)
( 22 saves / 23 shots ) Thatcher Demko		Goalie stats		Brody Hoffman ( 36 saves / 36 shots )

Vermont won series 2–1

(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Notre Dame

March 13	Massachusetts–Lowell		5 - 0	Notre Dame	Tsongas Center	Recap
(Louria, Kapla) C. J. Smith - GW - 01:02 (McGrath, Colantone) Terrence Wallin - 08:12 (Kamrass, Mueller) Evan Campbell - 17:48		First period		No scoring
(Smith, Louria) Joe Gambardella - 01:41 (Fallon) A. J. White - 02:46		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
( 21 saves / 21 shots ) Kevin Boyle		Goalie stats		Cal Petersen ( 17 saves / 22 shots ) / Chad Katunar ( 7 saves / 7 shots )

March 14	Massachusetts–Lowell		2 - 4	Notre Dame	Tsongas Center	Recap
(Chapie, Edwardh) Joe Gambardella - PP - 19:11		First period		No scoring
(Zink, Smith) Evan Campbell - PP - 15:37		Second period		11:45 - Sam Herr (Hurley)
No scoring		Third period		04:43 - Anders Bjork (Lucia) 10:30 - GW PP - Mario Lucia (Hinostroza, Gross) 19:52 - EN - Peter Schneider (Fogarty)
( 20 saves / 23 shots ) Kevin Boyle		Goalie stats		Cal Petersen ( 25 saves / 27 shots )

March 15	Massachusetts–Lowell		6 - 4	Notre Dame	Tsongas Center	Recap
(Kapla, Edwardh) C. J. Smith - 03:29 (unassisted) Adam Chapie - SH - 04:17 (Louria, White) Michael Fallon - 12:11 (Gambardella, Edwardh) Zack Kamrass - SH - 17:53		First period		08:54 - EA - Robbie Russo (Gross, Bjork)
(Edwardh, Chapie) Tyler Mueller - GW PP - 05:02 (Louria, White) Zack Kamrass - 18:35		Second period		04:28 - PP - Robbie Russo (Wuthrich, Bjork)
No scoring		Third period		10:12 - Peter Schneider (Ostlie, Russo) 14:59 - Jordan Gross (Schneider, Russo)
( 32 saves / 36 shots ) Kevin Boyle		Goalie stats		Cal Petersen ( 7 saves / 13 shots ) / Chad Katunar ( 4 saves / 4 shots )

Massachusetts–Lowell won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Boston University vs. (8) New Hampshire

March 20	Boston University		4 - 1	New Hampshire	TD Garden	Recap
(Grzelcyk, MacLeod) Cason Hohmann - 17:38		First period		14:34 - Tyler Kelleher (Poturalski)
(Roberto, Moran) Chase Phelps - GW - 09:53		Second period		No scoring
(Rodrigues, O'Regan) Jack Eichel - 13:45 (Rodrigues) Jack Eichel - EN - 17:33		Third period		No scoring
( 32 saves / 33 shots ) Matt O'Connor		Goalie stats		Daniel Tirone ( 27 saves / 30 shots )

(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (7) Vermont

March 20	Massachusetts–Lowell		4 - 1	Vermont	TD Garden	Recap
(Zink, Chapie) Michael Kapla - 12:18		First period		11:42 - Kevin Irwin (Turk)
(Fallon, Suter) Michael Louria - GW - 16:10		Second period		No scoring
(Colantone) Terrence Wallin - 08:46 (unassisted) Joe Gambardella - EN - 18:36		Third period		No scoring
( 30 saves / 31 shots ) Kevin Boyle		Goalie stats		Brody Hoffman ( 32 saves / 35 shots )

Championship

(1) Boston University vs. (4) Massachusetts–Lowell

March 21	Boston University		5 - 3	Massachusetts–Lowell	TD Garden	Recap
(Eichel, O'Connor) Matt Grzelcyk - PP - 13:08 (Rodrigues, Hickey) Jack Eichel - 15:02		First period		18:10 - Joe Gambardella (Panico, Chapie)
(Greer, Somerby) Cason Hohmann - 05:38 (Grzelcyk, Lane) Nikolas Olsson - GW - 19:15		Second period		No scoring
(Roberto, Grzelcyk) Jack Eichel - 14:43		Third period		06:47 - Michael Kapla (Fallon, Zink) 16:52 - Michael Louria (White, Fallon)
( 22 saves / 25 shots ) Matt O'Connor		Goalie stats		Kevin Boyle ( 19 saves / 24 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

F Jack Eichel* (Boston University)
F Grayson Downing (New Hampshire)
F Evan Rodrigues (Boston University)
D Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
D Robbie Russo (Notre Dame)
G Matt O'Connor (Boston University)

* Tournament MVP(s)

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References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "2014-15 Game Recap - Hockey East Association".

External links

2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 3, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "2014-15 Game Recap - Hockey East Association".

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